diff --git a/google-api-client/pom.xml b/google-api-client/pom.xml
index 57f77a3d0..9e63d3957 100644
--- a/google-api-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.12</version>
    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>